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After having already spoken with Mr Abbott, Ms Bishop said the duo would be "getting down to work straight away".

Ms Bishop said she would be leaving for Canberra in the afternoon and "serious planning would start as soon as possible".

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"I would hope to make my first visits to our neighbours in the region New Zealand, Papa New Guinea, Indonesia and Singapore."

Among her first briefings as the foreign affairs minister, Ms Bishop said she would expect to be briefed as events in Syria continue to unfold over the course of this week.

Closer to home Ms Bishop said the Coalition would "govern for all Australians and we will not let them down".

"We intend to be a purposeful government, we intend to bring stability and certainly and competence the heart of WA," she said.

Ms Bishop admitted the Barnett government recently had "some tough budget decisions to make" but West Australians would be relieved to know that "federally there is a government who will support Western Australia".

"We will repeal the carbon tax, we will repeal the mining tax, we're getting rid of red tape, we will embrace trade agreements - we will be the sort of government that will make the West Australian economy flourish and build some job security here in Western Australia," she said.